Defender - Centre-Back ·Italy

Cristian Zaccardo

Age44 BornDec 21, 1981 Height1.84 m FootN/A

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Centre-Back Defender

At a glance

Career snapshot

9Clubs played for

00/01Debut season

0.06Goals per match

US PalermoTop club · 161 apps

Career highs

€12.00mPeak value · 2007

€7.00mTop transfer fee · 08/09

6Best season · 06/07

61 / 4Caps / int'l goals

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Everyone born Dec 21, 1981

515Appearances

29Goals

17Assists

87Yellow cards

2Red cards

211Full matches (90′)

Full name	Cristian Zaccardo
Date of birth	1981-12-21 (44 yrs)
Place of birth	Formigine, Italy, Italy
Citizenship	Italy
Position	Defender - Centre-Back (main: Defender)
Foot	N/A
Height	184.00 m
Current club	Retired
Joined	2019-07-01
Contract expires	-

Jul 2019

Transfer: Tre Fiori → Retired

19/20 · Transfer

Apr 2019

Injury: unknown

5 games missed

Jan 2019

Transfer: Without Club → Tre Fiori

18/19 · Transfer

Jul 2018

Transfer: Hamrun Spart. → Without Club

18/19 · Transfer

Oct 2017

Transfer: Without Club → Hamrun Spart.

17/18 · Transfer

Jul 2017

Transfer: Vicenza → Without Club

17/18 · Transfer

Jul 2017

17/18 - Hamrun Spartans

16 matches · 3 G · 1 A · across 2 competitions

Jul 2017

Transfer: Carpi → Vicenza

17/18 · Transfer

Jun 2017

Transfer: Vicenza → Carpi

16/17 · Return from loan

Sep 2016

Injury: unknown

2 games missed

Aug 2016

Transfer: Carpi → Vicenza

16/17 · Loan

Jul 2016

16/17 - Vicenza Calcio

25 matches · 0 G · 2 A · across 1 competition

Apr 2016

Injury: unknown

1 games missed

Aug 2015

Transfer: AC Milan → Carpi

15/16 · Transfer

Jul 2015

15/16 - Carpi FC 1909, AC Milan

29 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions

Feb 2015

Injury: unknown

6 games missed

Jul 2014

14/15 - AC Milan

3 matches · 1 G · 1 A · across 2 competitions

Jan 2014

Injury: unknown

1 games missed

Nov 2013

Injury: unknown

3 games missed

Jul 2013

13/14 - AC Milan

13 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 4 competitions

Jan 2013

Transfer: Parma → AC Milan

12/13 · Transfer · €3.00m

Dec 2012

Injury: unknown

3 games missed

Jul 2012

12/13 - Parma FC, AC Milan

17 matches · 1 G · 1 A · across 2 competitions

Apr 2012

Injury: unknown

3 games missed

Jul 2011

11/12 - Parma FC

37 matches · 1 G · 1 A · across 2 competitions

Jul 2010

10/11 - Parma FC

36 matches · 3 G · 1 A · across 2 competitions

Aug 2009

Transfer: VfL Wolfsburg → Parma

09/10 · Transfer · €2.00m

Jul 2009

09/10 - VfL Wolfsburg, Parma FC

35 matches · 5 G · 2 A · across 3 competitions

Oct 2008

Injury: unknown

4 games missed

Jul 2008

08/09 - VfL Wolfsburg

22 matches · 2 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions

Jul 2008

Transfer: US Palermo → VfL Wolfsburg

08/09 · Transfer · €7.00m

Jul 2007

07/08 - US Palermo

38 matches · 1 G · 2 A · across 3 competitions

Jul 2006

06/07 - US Palermo

42 matches · 6 G · 2 A · across 3 competitions

Jul 2005

05/06 - US Palermo

44 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions

Jul 2004

04/05 - US Palermo

37 matches · 2 G · 1 A · across 2 competitions

Jul 2004

Transfer: Bologna → US Palermo

04/05 · Transfer · €680k

Jul 2003

03/04 - Bologna FC 1909

30 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions

Jul 2002

02/03 - Bologna FC 1909

40 matches · 2 G · 3 A · across 3 competitions

Jul 2001

01/02 - Bologna FC 1909

21 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions

Jun 2001

Transfer: Spezia → Bologna

00/01 · Return from loan

Jul 2000

00/01 - Spezia Calcio 1906

30 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions

Jul 2000

Transfer: Bologna → Spezia

00/01 · Loan

Jul 1999

99/00 - Bologna FC 1909

0 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition

Jul 1999

Transfer: Bologna U19 → Bologna

99/00 · Transfer

Jul 1998

98/99 - Bologna FC 1909

0 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions

Jan 1970

Peak market value: €12.00m

Highest valuation recorded in dataset

Minutes played by club

Bologna FC 1909 19.5%

Hamrun Spartans 2.1%

Vicenza Calcio 0.0%

AC Milan 1.1%

Carpi FC 1909 12.7%

Parma FC 30.9%

VfL Wolfsburg 5.3%

US Palermo 28.4%

Spezia Calcio 1906 0.0%

Club	Seasons	First	Last	Matches	Goals	Assists	Minutes
Bologna FC 1909	5	01/02	99/00	91	3	3	3,694
Hamrun Spartans	1	17/18	17/18	16	3	1	406
Vicenza Calcio	1	16/17	16/17	25	0	2	0
AC Milan	4	12/13	15/16	17	1	1	210
Carpi FC 1909	1	15/16	15/16	29	1	0	2,404
Parma FC	4	09/10	12/13	123	10	5	5,861
VfL Wolfsburg	2	08/09	09/10	23	2	0	1,010
US Palermo	4	04/05	07/08	161	9	5	5,398
Spezia Calcio 1906	1	00/01	00/01	30	0	0	0

Career trajectory, goals, assists & market value

Goals by season

Assists by season

Season	Competition	Club	Matches	Goals	Assists	YC	RC	Minutes
99/00	Serie A	Bologna FC 1909	0	0	0	0	0	0
98/99	UEFA Cup	Bologna FC 1909	0	0	0	0	0	0
98/99	UI Cup	Bologna FC 1909	0	0	0	0	0	0
17/18	Maltese FA Trophy	Hamrun Spartans	1	0	0	0	0	0
17/18	Premier League	Hamrun Spartans	15	3	1	2	0	406
16/17	Serie B	Vicenza Calcio	25	0	2	6	0	0
15/16	Italy Cup	Carpi FC 1909	2	0	0	0	0	0
15/16	Serie A	AC Milan	0	0	0	0	0	0
15/16	Serie A	Carpi FC 1909	27	1	0	4	0	2,404
14/15	Italy Cup	AC Milan	0	0	0	0	0	0
14/15	Serie A	AC Milan	3	1	1	0	1	210
13/14	Champions League	AC Milan	1	0	0	0	0	0
13/14	Champions League Qu.	AC Milan	0	0	0	0	0	0
13/14	Italy Cup	AC Milan	1	0	0	0	0	0
13/14	Serie A	AC Milan	11	0	0	1	0	0
12/13	Italy Cup	Parma FC	1	0	0	0	0	0
12/13	Serie A	AC Milan	1	0	0	0	0	0
12/13	Serie A	Parma FC	15	1	1	3	0	1,251
11/12	Italy Cup	Parma FC	2	0	0	0	0	0
11/12	Serie A	Parma FC	35	1	1	8	0	2,999
10/11	Italy Cup	Parma FC	2	0	0	0	0	0
10/11	Serie A	Parma FC	34	3	1	8	0	1,014
09/10	Bundesliga	VfL Wolfsburg	1	0	0	0	0	0
09/10	DFB-Pokal	VfL Wolfsburg	0	0	0	0	0	0
09/10	Serie A	Parma FC	34	5	2	5	1	597
08/09	Bundesliga	VfL Wolfsburg	14	1	0	2	0	702
08/09	DFB-Pokal	VfL Wolfsburg	3	0	0	0	0	0
08/09	UEFA Cup	VfL Wolfsburg	5	1	0	0	0	308
07/08	Italy Cup	US Palermo	2	0	0	1	0	0
07/08	Serie A	US Palermo	35	1	2	8	0	2,854
07/08	UEFA Cup	US Palermo	1	0	0	1	0	0
06/07	Italy Cup	US Palermo	1	0	0	1	0	0
06/07	Serie A	US Palermo	36	5	2	6	0	630
06/07	UEFA Cup	US Palermo	5	1	0	2	0	405
05/06	Italy Cup	US Palermo	4	0	0	2	0	0
05/06	Serie A	US Palermo	36	0	0	8	0	0
05/06	UEFA Cup	US Palermo	4	0	0	1	0	0
04/05	Italy Cup	US Palermo	2	0	0	0	0	0
04/05	Serie A	US Palermo	35	2	1	5	0	1,509
03/04	Italy Cup	Bologna FC 1909	2	0	0	0	0	0
03/04	Serie A	Bologna FC 1909	28	0	0	6	0	0
02/03	Italy Cup	Bologna FC 1909	2	0	0	0	0	0
02/03	Serie A	Bologna FC 1909	32	1	2	4	0	2,366
02/03	UI Cup	Bologna FC 1909	6	1	1	1	0	540
01/02	Italy Cup	Bologna FC 1909	2	0	0	0	0	0
01/02	Serie A	Bologna FC 1909	19	1	0	1	0	788
00/01	Playoff C1	Spezia Calcio 1906	2	0	0	0	0	0
00/01	Serie C1 - A	Spezia Calcio 1906	28	0	0	1	0	0

Season	Date	From	To	Type	Market value	Fee
99/00	1999-07-01	Bologna U19	Bologna	Transfer	0	-
00/01	2000-07-01	Bologna	Spezia	Loan	0	-
00/01	2001-06-30	Spezia	Bologna	Return from loan	0	-
04/05	2004-07-01	Bologna	US Palermo	Transfer	0	€680k
08/09	2008-07-01	US Palermo	VfL Wolfsburg	Transfer	7000000	€7.00m
09/10	2009-08-01	VfL Wolfsburg	Parma	Transfer	5000000	€2.00m
12/13	2013-01-25	Parma	AC Milan	Transfer	3000000	€3.00m
15/16	2015-08-31	AC Milan	Carpi	Transfer	400000	-
16/17	2016-08-31	Carpi	Vicenza	Loan	300000	-
16/17	2017-06-30	Vicenza	Carpi	Return from loan	100000	-
17/18	2017-07-01	Carpi	Vicenza	Transfer	100000	-
17/18	2017-07-14	Vicenza	Without Club	Transfer	100000	-
17/18	2017-10-04	Without Club	Hamrun Spart.	Transfer	100000	-
18/19	2018-07-01	Hamrun Spart.	Without Club	Transfer	150000	-
18/19	2019-01-31	Without Club	Tre Fiori	Transfer	150000	-
19/20	2019-07-01	Tre Fiori	Retired	Transfer	0	-

Season	Injury	From	To	Days missed	Games missed
08/09	Torn lateral ankle ligament	2008-10-13	2008-10-27	15	4
11/12	Adductor pain	2012-04-23	2012-04-30	8	3
12/13	unknown injury	2012-12-23	2013-01-10	19	3
13/14	Ankle sprain	2013-11-22	2013-12-05	14	3
13/14	cold	2014-01-22	2014-01-25	4	1
14/15	Sciatica problems	2015-02-15	2015-03-21	35	6
15/16	Calf problems	2016-04-06	2016-04-09	4	1
16/17	Contracture	2016-09-24	2016-10-07	14	2
18/19	Meniscus injury	2019-04-27	2019-05-29	33	5

Current-

Peak€12.00m

Low-

Δ since start−€8.00m

Date	Value
Jan 1, 1970	-
Jan 1, 1970	€150k
Jan 1, 1970	€100k
Jan 1, 1970	€100k
Jan 1, 1970	€400k
Jan 1, 1970	€300k
Jan 1, 1970	€400k
Jan 1, 1970	€400k
Jan 1, 1970	€800k
Jan 1, 1970	€1.50m
Jan 1, 1970	€2.30m
Jan 1, 1970	€3.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€4.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€4.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€4.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€5.50m
Jan 1, 1970	€4.80m
Jan 1, 1970	€6.50m
Jan 1, 1970	€5.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€7.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€9.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€12.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€8.00m

Team	Shirt	Matches	Goals	Debut	Age at debut	Status
Team #23243	-	8	1	-	-	former national player
Team #21746	-	6	0	-	-	former national player
Team #21100	-	9	0	-	-	former national player
Team #11947	-	21	2	-	-	former national player
Team #3376	#2	17	1	-	-	former national player

Teammate	PPG played with	Joint goals	Minutes
Jonathan Biabiany	1	0	0
Francesco Valiani	1	1	0

Single-season peaks across competitions in this player's career.

Top goalscoring seasons

Season	Competition	Club	Goals	Matches
06/07	Serie A	US Palermo	5	36
09/10	Serie A	Parma FC	5	34
10/11	Serie A	Parma FC	3	34

Top assist seasons

Season	Competition	Club	Assists	Matches
06/07	Serie A	US Palermo	2	36
07/08	Serie A	US Palermo	2	35
02/03	Serie A	Bologna FC 1909	2	32

Every loan spell across this player's career.

Season	Date	From	To	Type	Fee	Value at transfer
16/17	2017-06-30	Vicenza	Carpi	Return from loan	-	€100k
16/17	2016-08-31	Carpi	Vicenza	Loan	-	€300k
00/01	2001-06-30	Spezia	Bologna	Return from loan	-	-
00/01	2000-07-01	Bologna	Spezia	Loan	-	-

Teams faced most often by Cristian Zaccardo's clubs during seasons he played in those competitions (team-level results, not personal head-to-head goals, see disclaimer above).

Opponent	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Bor. Mönchengladbach	12	5	2	5	13	16	-3	42%
Sassuolo Calcio	12	3	3	6	14	20	-6	25%
Genoa CFC	12	4	2	6	9	16	-7	33%
Chievo Verona	12	7	2	3	16	10	+6	58%
Borussia Dortmund	12	2	3	7	14	31	-17	17%
Udinese Calcio	12	7	3	2	22	14	+8	58%
Juventus	12	1	0	11	4	29	-25	8%
Hellas Verona	12	5	3	4	21	20	+1	42%
Empoli FC	12	1	7	4	12	21	-9	8%
Hannover 96	12	5	3	4	19	15	+4	42%
Bayern München	12	1	2	9	11	25	-14	8%
ACF Fiorentina	12	3	3	6	17	20	-3	25%

Auto-detected milestones based on cumulative career totals.

Season / Year	Milestone	Date
00/01	Senior debut season
01/02	First senior goal

Yellow / second-yellow / red cards per season. Only seasons with at least one card are shown.

Season	Matches	Mins	YC	2nd YC	RC	Cards / 90′
17/18	16	406	2	0	0	0.44
16/17	25	0	6	0	0	0
15/16	29	2,404	4	0	0	0.15
14/15	3	210	0	0	1	0.43
13/14	13	0	1	0	0	0
12/13	17	1,251	3	0	0	0.22
11/12	37	2,999	8	0	0	0.24
10/11	36	1,014	8	0	0	0.71
09/10	35	597	5	0	1	0.9
08/09	22	1,010	2	0	0	0.18
07/08	38	2,854	10	0	0	0.32
06/07	42	1,035	9	1	0	0.87
05/06	44	0	11	0	0	0
04/05	37	1,509	5	1	0	0.36
03/04	30	0	6	0	0	0
02/03	40	2,906	5	0	0	0.15
01/02	21	788	1	0	0	0.11
00/01	30	0	1	0	0	0